2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Reactions to Race

Within the past 12 months when seeking health care, do you feel your experiences were worse than, the same as, or better than for people of other races?

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  Total
Respond.^
Worse than other races The same as other races Better than other races Don't know/not sure/refused
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,198 120 3.9 3.0- 5.0 2,264 71.8 69.6-73.9 355 9.9 8.7-11.2 459 14.4 12.7-16.3
Medicaid Region 5 811 30 3.6 2.1- 6.1 638 79.2 74.7-83.0 43 5.2 3.5- 7.8 100 12.0 9.1-15.6
GENDER
Male 322 12 1.4 0.6- 3.3 267 88.8 83.3-92.6 *** *** *** 34 8.1 4.9-13.3
Female 489 18 5.4 2.9- 9.9 371 71.4 64.8-77.2 34 8.1 5.2-12.5 66 15.1 10.9-20.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 324 *** *** *** 243 79.8 74.0-84.5 27 6.8 4.3-10.6 50 12.8 9.0-17.9
Non-Hispanic Black 139 15 11.1 5.7-20.4 107 78.7 67.9-86.6 *** *** *** 11 6.8 3.1-14.5
Other 336 11 2.9 0.9- 8.5 281 81.7 71.1-89.0 *** *** *** 35 13.1 7.0-23.3
AGE
18-44 240 *** *** *** 191 80.7 73.3-86.4 13 5.7 3.0-10.4 26 10.3 6.2-16.4
45-64 301 15 6.4 3.1-12.7 250 80.8 72.5-87.0 *** *** *** 29 8.4 4.6-14.6
65+ 256 *** *** *** 190 77.8 69.0-84.7 22 5.8 2.9-11.0 39 15.6 9.9-23.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 260 11 2.5 1.0- 6.4 205 85.0 78.0-90.1 *** *** *** 35 9.8 5.9-15.9
Some Post-H.S. 258 *** *** *** 210 78.4 70.1-84.9 *** *** *** 32 11.9 7.3-18.7
College Graduate 290 12 5.2 2.2-12.1 223 72.5 63.7-79.8 25 8.0 4.6-13.5 30 14.3 8.8-22.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 301 18 4.8 2.3- 9.5 231 80.1 71.8-86.4 *** *** *** 42 13.6 8.4-21.4
$50,000+ 327 *** *** *** 275 81.8 75.2-86.9 23 8.3 4.8-13.8 24 7.6 4.8-11.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 183 *** *** *** 132 73.8 63.0-82.3 *** *** *** 34 17.1 10.4-26.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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